Platinum is one exotic metal used in jewelry design it has a high melting temperature

Raw platinum nugget shown here does not look like finished platinum jewelry. Platinum is used to alloy gold to make it white in color, but do to its high cost Platinum has a number of closely related metals like rhodium, and palladium.

These exotic metals are found naturally in the earth. Where as exotic jewelry metals like titanium are man made.

Palladium

For years jewelry customers have been investing in platinum and white gold jewelry. Until recently, these have been the two real options for customers favoring a white metal over traditional yellow gold. Now however, an alternative metal is emerging into the market and it's known as Palladium (Pd).

Rhodium